People v. Day

Plaintiffs in error were indicted and convicted of the crime of contributing to the delinquency of children as that offense is defined in an act entitled “An act to define and punish the crime of contributing to the delinquency of children. Approved June 25, 1915.” (Smith’s Stat. 1923, p. 669.) Section 1 of the act provides: “That for the purposes of this act a delinquent child is * * * any female who while under the age of eighteen years * * * without just cause and without the consent of its parents, guardian or custodian absents itself from its home or place of abode.” Section 2 of the act…